Techniques

Question 1

Metaphor

Answer 1

Saying something is something else

HER EYES WERE SPARKLING DIAMONDS

Question 2

Simile

Answer 2

Comparison using like or as

HERE EYES WERE LIKE DIAMONDS

Question 3

Personification

Answer 3

Giving a non living object a human quality

THE CHAIR GROANED AS HE SAT DOWN

Question 4

Onomatopoeia

Answer 4

Words that sound like their meaning

BANG CRACK CLICK SNAP

Question 5

Alliteration

Answer 5

Repetition of consonantal sounds

Question 6

Assonance

Answer 6

Repetition of vowel sounds

Question 7

Symbolism

Answer 7

Representing ideas or themes

Question 8

Oxymoron

Answer 8

Two opposing words liked together

Often shows confusion

Question 9

Paradox

Answer 9

Two contrasting ideas

Question 10

Enjambment

Answer 10

Run on line, speeds up rhythm

Question 11

juxtaposition

Answer 11

Put side by side to create an effect, such as contrast

Question 12

Irony

Answer 12

Saying the opposite of what is meant for humorous effect or a twist of fate in events

SUCH AS AN OCCURRENCE OF UNEXPECTED COINCIDENCE

Question 13

Theme

Answer 13

Central idea or issue running through text

Question 14

Tone

Answer 14

Way in which something is said

HUMOROUS, CYNICAL, CRITICAL

Question 15

IMAGERY

Answer 15

PICTURES PRODUCED IN READERS MIND BY WORDS USED

Question 16

flashback

Answer 16

A writer leaves the plot of a story to go back into past

Question 17

Hyperbole

Answer 17

Exaggeration for dramatic effect